Abstract: A battery electrode assembly comprises a porous electrode plate having a plurality of large and small pores, a pore insert within a plurality of pores, the pore insert maintaining an electrolyte in the pores substantially throughout a discharge/charge cycle. The pore insert may be a gelled electrolyte. The pore insert may be a particulate material. The electrodes may be used in a battery having cells with opposing positive and negative tabs connected in series by an intercell connector.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 23, 2012
Publication date:
March 27, 2014
Applicant:
Firefly International Energy Group, Inc.
Inventors:
Kurtis C. Kelley, Mukesh Bhandari, Mathew Stone
Abstract: A current collector plate for an energy storage device comprising a first current collector, a bonding layer connected to the first current collector; and, at least one current carrier disposed at least partially between the first current collector and the bonding layer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 16, 2011
Publication date:
January 26, 2012
Applicant:
FIREFLY INTERNATIONAL ENERGY GROUP, INC.
Inventors:
Kurtis C. Kelley, Charles F. Ostermeier
Abstract: The present invention includes small molecule organic additives for lead acid batteries, a lead acid battery and components thereof containing the small molecule organic additives of the invention, and methods for the use of such compounds. The batteries of the invention may optionally further contain carbon foam. The presence of carbon in the battery may generate some of the organic agents of the invention.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 7, 2009
Publication date:
June 16, 2011
Applicant:
FIREFLY INTERNATIONAL ENERGY GROUP, INC.
Inventors:
Boris Monahov, Kurt Kelley, Mohamadkheir Alkhateeb